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[scottobear]

Drat, my free pc fell through. The person I was going to get it from is in crisis-mode, and it's not worth bothering her over.

Ah, well, I'm going to try an make big brain work like a good boy again... probably will be my project for while my sweetheart is off on her trip. I'm going to miss her terribly while she's gone. Plans to survive are - go to the beach, and write her a love letter every day. Lose myself in my work. Ack. so much for chatting all day with her. I'm going to flip my lid, I know it. Spend more time looking for Apartments, work on the short story, and maybe convince Danny to go out, or My brother for the fourth. It's no use though, if I look up and see fireworks, I'll envision her with me, holding hands. Not such a bad thing. I'm glad I carry her with me in my heart.

In other thoughts... Don't you hate when it turns out a person whos work your so impressed with turns out to have faults and failings? I'm sorely disappointed in a few of my childhood and teen heroes.... Ben Franklin, William Burroughs, Dr. Seuss, Thomas Edison. They all were brilliant minds, but seemingly *real* jerkweeds at times too. Pesky, but I guess that comes from being human. I'm a pod person, and still can be a stinker sometimes.

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[shoo.livejournal.com]

good luck on getting a "smokin puter"...The price wars have started...maybe you can pick up a deal.

I understand what you are saying about bubbles being burst....
I liked it much better when I was little....when life was innocent and wonderful......
I hate to see the little lessons my kids are learning about that very subject everyday.....so sad....

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yeh....

but, I feel ok about it... good to know humans can produce such wonderful things.

I hear ya

[razz.livejournal.com]

"Don't you hate when it turns out a person whos work your so impressed with turns out to have faults and failings?" I know how that goes. When I was a kid, it was alright to be shielded -- most people try to raise their kids that way, anyway. Now that I'm older, though, it's kind of a comfort to see that childhood heroes were no more perfect than I am.

The people are allowed to have faults and failings -- it just means I can relate to them better and, realizing my own faults and failings, can aspire to accomplish goals similar to ones they achieved -- I just have to remember, it was their work that inspires and impresses me, and will continue to do so, no matter what I learn about the person later. Despite their faults, there was some sense of greatness and goodness there that allowed them to be able to do the things they did.

Re: I hear ya

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree with you more. Skip the personality, and be impressed with what really shines through. :)

Re: I hear ya

[razz.livejournal.com]

No, personality does matter as well, just like work matters. I'm just saying you can't judge a person fully by either, and neither can ever be so perfect that a person lives up to the title of "hero" that another person might put on them without truly knowing them. It goes back to the idea I have about "average" people being heroes even without having fame or fortune for having a, for the most part, stellar personality or a stellar achievement under their belts. In fact, for overcoming their faults to sport a mostly great personality or produce a single great achievement, once can still truly be a hero. Um ... does anything in that rambling bit make any bit of sense? Eep!

Re: I hear ya

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hear ya more now. :)